The visitors suffered a blow on 34 minutes when Harrison Hansen was forced from the field of play with a nasty-looking facial injury following a clash of heads with Stuart Dickens.

Finn's penalty put Rovers back in front, but Wigan had the final say before half-time when Hock raced onto Finch's pass before ghosting over, this time Josh Charnley taking the conversion.

Lead extended

Wigan extended their lead after the break when Thomas Leuluai showed great upper body strength to reach out for the tryline. Charnley's successful conversion made it 22-12.

Featherstone were not about the throw in the towel, though, and responded with an outstanding try. Finn ran for over half the length of the field before a quick play-the-ball allowed experienced winger Gareth Raynor to go in over in the corner.

Gelling was unlucky not respond for the Warriors, but they were not to be denied minutes later when Charnley received Leuluai's long ball out wide before scooting over to effectively seal the win.

Wigan made sure their name would be in the hat for the quarter-finals when Hock added his second try of the game late on. Charnley made it three from four conversions of the night to complete the scoring.